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mascularity

mascularity noun: synonym of masculinity.

Noun

mascularity (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of masculinity.
    • To some the unmentionables might savor of mascularity; but having seen something of a more polite society, my feminine associations are not restricted to petticoats1854, Elisha Kent Kane, chapter XLVI, in The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. A Personal Narrative, New York: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 425
    • Now, suddenly, he sat bolt upright and began to hurl them one after another down the valley with a great effect of mascularity and science.1927, Elizabeth Bowen, “Valley”, in The Hotel, London: Jonathan Cape, published 1981, →ISBN, page 163
    Synonyms:
    masculinity

Synonyms of mascularity

Origin of mascularity

From Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ar + -ity.

Questions about mascularity

What does mascularity mean?
Mascularity means synonym of masculinity.
What part of speech is mascularity?
Mascularity is a noun.

Words near mascularity in the dictionary

  1. Mascoutah
  2. Mascouten
  3. Mascoutin
  4. mascs
  5. mascs.
  6. mascularity
  7. masculate
  8. masculated
  9. masculates
  10. masculating
  11. masculation

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